Former Secretary of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Parameswaran Iyer has been appointed as a new CEO of Niti Aayog for two years.
He will replace Amitabh Kant. He is a 1981-batch IAS officer of the Uttar Pradesh cadre.
In 2016, Iyer was appointed to implement government’s Swachh Bharat Mission. He resigned as Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation at the Jal Shakti Ministry in 2021.